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Dr. Mike's Beauty Remedies
Face Cream |
Make a light face cream of :
!/4 cup beeswax
1 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of water
2 drops of perfume
Melt the beeswax, oil and water together, then beat for 15
minutes. Stir in the perfume and keep in a jar sealed with
a tight lid.
Rose Petal Cream for the face.
Soak 1 cup of crushed rose petals in 1/2 cup of white wine
for 3 days. Shake up the bottle twice a day. Strain. Stir in 1 cup of heavy cream
and 1 teaspoon of honey. Apply to the face each morning and
evening to prevent age lines. You may substitute Lilly of
the Valley flowers for the rose petals.
A rich everyday face cream is made of:
1/2 cup of beeswax
1/2 cup of parafin
1 cup of olive oil
Warm all until melted, beat with a wooden spoon until cool. Mashed
potatoes and olive oil can be combined for a good hand conditioning
cream.
Hand Cream
To prepare a good hand cream, carefully melt 1 cup of beeswax
into 1 cup of light olive oil. Stir in as many flowers of
the elderberry plant as the concoction will take. Keep very
warm on the back of the stove for at least an hour. Strain
through a cloth jelly bag squeezing it out as much as possible.
Store in a glass jar with a tight lid.
Skin Lotion
A gentle lotion for softening the skin is made of olive oil
with a little castor oil in it. A body lotion to soften
the skin and preserve the look of youth is made by melting
1 cup of beeswax into two cups of castor oil. Stir in as
many flowers of the elderberry plant as possible. Set in
the sun all day then press through a muslin cloth. Store
in a glass jar with a tight lid.
Sunscreen
Sun may be screened from the skin by applying a solution
of 1/2 olive oil to 1/2 white wine
Use camomile oil to keep the skin looking young and glowing
with health. Combine 1 quart olive oil and 1 cup camomile
flowers. Set all day on a warm part of the stove. Then press
very firmly through a jelly bag. Use on all skin, a little
goes a long way.
Body lotion
Make a nice lotion for the body by adding
1 cup beepalm leaves to 2 cups of white wine and 1 quart of olive
oil. Set aside for 4 days then simmer off the wine.
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To Care for the Lips |
Heal sore and cracked lips with
an extraction of red clover blossomsm gathered while
still holding the dew of the morning; and boil in 2 quarts
of water. When the water is reduced by half, press through
a jelly bag. Add another handful of blossoms to this liquid
and repeat the process. Use the resulting extraction frequently.
Heal cracked lips with a cream made of :
1/2 cup beeswax
1/2 cup castor oil
1/3 cup olive oil
2 drops perfume
Melt it all together then beat for 10 minutes. Store in a covered
container. Sores upon the lips and around the mouth are
much relieved by applications of white wine in which sage has
been soaked.
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To Clean and Whiten the Teeth
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To ensure white teeth clean breath,
brush with this special teeth whitener:
1 Tablespoon soda
1 Tablespoon salt
1 Teaspoon lemon juice
1 Drop Oil of Peppermint
If you want a healthy mouth and pretty white teeth, rinse
the mouth twice a day with 1/2 cup of warm water mixed with
1 teaspoon hydrogen peroxide. For nice white teeth, rub them
every morning with a lemon peel.
Sassafras twigs make good teeth cleaners and breath fresheners.
Just pull off a fresh sassafras twig and chew the end until
it's well shredded. Then use it to remove any pieces
of food between your teeth. It will keep your breath nice
and fresh!
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To cleanse the entire body, put 1/2 cup of yesterday's
milk in a heavy bowl, cover, and set beside the kitchen stove.
Wait a couple of days, until it becomes solidly sour. Beat good and mix into 2 cups of warm,
fresh milk. Set near the stove overnight and beat well before
using for a morning body rub.
BODY
PACKS & FACE
MASKS
To clean and refresh the skin, dissolve a packet of dry
yeast in just enough warm water to make a paste. Gently pat
it onto face and neck and allow to dry for 20 minutes. Rinse
with clear, tepid water.
Dab Milk of Magnesia on too oily skin and let dry. Rinse
off with lots of water. Or, make a lather of water, soap
and salt. Gently rub onto the face and neck. Let set for
one minute. Rinse well with cool water.
Make a nice, special face cleaner by mashing a very ripe
banana and adding the juice of a lemon. Leave on the face
for 15 minutes, then rinse with clear water.
A restoring facial can be made of: 1 cup sour milk
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 well beaten egg white
To maintain a happy outlook, treat the whole body to a good
skin cleaning once a week. It will remove the week's build
up of impurities. Cover the entire body with a cleaning pack
and sit quietly and meditate on pleasant thoughts for a quarter
hour. Wipe the cleanser and impurities off with a soft cloth.
Then, clarify the body by pouring several pitchers of cool
water over yourself.
Clean the entire body by rubbing down with 2 cups oatmeal,
1 cup buttermilk and 1/4 cup lemon juice.
Chop into some water and boil 1 orange and 1 lemon for 20
minutes. Mash into 3 cups oatmeal and apply to the body before
bathing.
Mix together 1 cup cornmeal and enough buttermilk to make
a thick paste. Apply to the body and let dry. Rinse with
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Shiny
Hair |
Boil a big handful of birch
leaves in a quart of water, strain and use to rinse the hair
for soft, gleaming tresses. (Birch sap mixed in water will
do nicely too.)
A few drops of cologne in a cup of water makes an elegant
final rinse that leaves a pleasant scent in the air.
Make hair shiny by rinsing all the soap out after your shampoo.
Use one cup strong camomile tea for dark hair, three tablespoons
lemon juice for in one cup warm water for light hair.
Beat together 3 fresh
eggs, one tablespoon castor oil and 1/4 cup alcohol.
Work into dry hair and cover with a warm wet towel for 20
minutes. Rinse with rain water and towel dry in the sun.
Rinse hair to remove all traces of soap with a quart of tepid
water, to which one tablespoon of vinegar has been added .
Boil together flowers of the violet, rose and jasmine. Strain
through a muslin cloth while still warm. This rinse will leave
the hair fragrant and alluring.
Apply pleasantly warm olive oil to the hair and scalp. Twist
small sections around the fingers to form nice ringlets. Allow
to air freely for at least half a day. Wash very good and
rinse with a little lavender vinegar in water.
When it is not advisable to
wet the head, clean the hair with stiffly beaten egg whites.
Work them into the scalp and onto every hair strand. Let the
hair dry naturally, without toweling or rubbing. Brush heartily.
Make a tonic to add shine to the hair with 1 quart of water
and 1 cup stinging nettles. Boil for 3 minutes and strain
through a muslin cloth.
Grate a bar of good white soap and melt it in a quart of
boiling water. Add 1/4 cup gelatin. Each time you wash your
hair, measure out 1/2 cup and beat a freshly laid egg into
it before using.
To keep hair from springing too much
in the wind, comb sweet milk through it and dry without toweling.
Make a nice hair oil by adding a little rose perfume to olive
oil. Keep it capped tight to retain the nice smell.
The best hair oil is made of two parts castor oil and one
part alcohol. Shake together well and add a few drops
of perfume.
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Skin Tonics
A
refreshing skin tonic is made with:
1
cup distilled spirits
1 cup olive oil
5 drops almond oil or perfume
If the face is exposed to sun, or seems hot and flushed, bathe it
in camomile tea every three hours. After cleansing, rinse the face
with fresh from the churn buttermilk, to nourish and preserve the
skin.
Best tonic to tone up sickly skin is made by chopping up:
1/2 cup dandelion root
1/2 cup dock root
1/2 cup rhubarb root
1/2 cup sassafras bark
1 cup red clover blossoms
Bring it all to a boil in a quart of water. Cover and let sit for
three hours. Strain and mix a few tablespoons in a glass of water.
Drink this every morning and evening for clear, blemish free skin.
Sickly
looking skin can be brightened by chopping and boiling, two unpeeled
oranges in a quart of water. Mash up real good and add to the lady's
bath.
A refreshing tonic can be prepared by boiling leaves of the hazelnut
tree in water.
Troubled skin may be cleared by wiping regularly with the broth of
boiled cabbage.
Tonic made of borage leaves will improve the complexion greatly.
Cut the peels of 4 lemons into a quart of water and allow to soak
for 24 hours. A handkerchief rung out of this water will refresh a
face warm with perspiration.
Use water in which beebalm has been simmered to soften the skin.
Summer an uncut mallow root in a quart of water for 20 minutes. Use
this broth to refine coarse skin and soften the shoulders and bosom.
If the skin is pale an dflabby, a strong infusion of orange blossoms
will tone it up nicely.
Lily petals, simmered for an hour, produce a fine liquid for wiping
down the face. This leaves a lady with fine testured, soft skin.
Mash a cup of chickweed into 3 cups of water. Put into a jar with
a tight fitting lid and set in the sun, for a full day. Strain and
use the liquid to refine coarse skin.
A strong infusion of yarrow will clear blackheads from the face and
shoulders.
To guarantee lovely skin, wipe the body down regularly with a quart
of milk to which the juice of 3 lemons has been added.
For an instant tonic for the face on warm days, rub down with the
peel of a cucumber.
Winter dulled skin can be brightened up for spring with a nice milk
wash. Scald 1 cup of fresh, sweet milk with 1/4 cup violets added
to it. Let set for 10 minutes and strain. Pat onto the upper body
twice a day to make the skin glow with health.
Controlling
the Over Robust Appetite
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